My soon-to-be 84-year-old mother fell on February 29 at 4 a.m., on my last day at my previous job (thus a day when I had to be on-site, to hand in my security badge, to say nothing of my obligation to say goodbye to staff etc.), and fractured her pelvis. We were all relieved it wasn't her hip and must note that her 30 years of treatment for osteoporosis had to have helped. She was admitted to the hospital with a plan to go from there to rehab and then home.So, I cast on a simple-looking bed jacket using Lion Brand Homespun in a lovely colourway called "Painted Desert". After taking care of some basic math problems with the pattern, it was coming along nicely but looked loosey-goosey and I wondered if it would fit like the cape it sort of looked like in the pattern. Now that it's finished, the simple answer is, "No, it does not look like a cape." It's cute, and it will probably look and feel nice, but I would like more of a neck. See:

So, while not unhappy with it, I am not really happy with it, either. I'll see what mom thinks. She's home and going to outpatient physio weekly, and supposedly doing exercises daily at home. So, the bed jacket is a tad too late for its intended purpose, but I'm sure she'll like it, anyway.